Chiang
Mai Elephant Tours and Trekking:

We offer the best
in Elephant riding, Elephant Tours, Trekking, Mahout
Classes, and Elephant Caregiving experiences. When ou
are look for a more personal, intimate experience with
elephants and with genuine Thai people, choose our family
run Elephant Camp. We can accomodate large groups, single
couples or families. Every Thai Elephant experience
is custom taylored to your needs. Click a link below:

Our treks are leaving every day. You
can join any of our tour groups any day provided you
book a tour a week in advance or longer. We guarantee
that we will have a place for you, whether you come
alone or with several other people.

We will continue
to offer more and more options and tours.

Our most Popular Thai Elephant Tour or Experiences:

It is hard to say which is our most popular Elephant Tour.
Many people choose the Elephant Riding and Bathing Tour which
includes Bamboo Rafting. Many people choose the 1 day "Elephant
owner for a day" program where we bring you to our Elephant
Camp in Ban Mae Win village to tour our country side and spend
a full day learning to bath, train, and ride a Thai Elephant
as a Mahout would.

Our most
popular Chiangmai Elephant Riding Tour schedule:

One Day Elephant Riding Tour
includes Bamboo Rafting and Lunch

Number of Persons in Group

One Day Elephant Riding and Bamboo Rafting
Tour DAY 1

08.00 a.m. :

Pick up from your Hotel or Guest House in Chiang
Mai, Thailand by our english speaking tour guide(s). The guide
will casually talk with you about the elephants and what you
will be doing as well as answer any question you have about
the local culture, best restaurants, etc.

09.20 a.m. :

Arrive to the Chiang Mai Elephant Camp or Elephant
Farm. Meet our Thai Elephants, pet them, take pictures, etc.
Take time to enjoy these majestic animals. Take a ride on
your elephant around the Chiangmai Elephant Camp area through
the jungle and the Mae Wang river.

11.00 a.m. : Take a trip to a local waterfall
Nam Tok MaeWang where you can take pictures and
go for a swim (swimming only possible in low water season)

12.30 a.m. :

Have a great time having eating traditional
Lanna or Northern Thai food as a mahout would. This meal is
prepared by our mother Aumara Panyamoon. This maybe one of
the highlights of your trip!

13.30 p.m. :

Take a bamboo rafting trip down the Maewang
river for aprox. 40 minutes and enjoy the cool natural water
and jungle scenery. You will enjoy the cool water after your
day out in the Sun during your Elephant Mahout Traing Course.

16.00 p.m.:

Return to Chiangmai, Thailand safe and sound
after your experience with Chiang Mai Elephant Tours. We base
the time we take you back to Chiang Mai on when you are ready
up until 4:00 pm so if you want to go back to Chaing Mai early
that is up to you.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PRIVATE TOURS
- prices includes pick-up and drop off at your hotel or guest
house - See pricing on the above drop down button

GROUP TOURS OF 5+ PEOPLE ARE
NOT CONSIDERED PRIVATE AND RECIEVE A DISCOUNTED PRICE

One
Day Elephant Owner / Caregiver
or "Mahout Training Coarse"

Number of Persons in Tour

Elephant Owner or Elephant Care giver for
a day or "Mahout Training Coarse" Tour DAY 1

08.30 a.m - 9:00 :

Pick up from your Hotel or Guest House in Chiang
Mai, Thailand by our english speaking tour guide(s). The guide
will casually talk with you about the elephants and what you
will be doing as well as answer any question you have about
the local culture, best restaurants, etc.

09.20 a.m. :

Arrive to the Chiang Mai Elephant Camp or Elephant
Farm, change clothes, start the introduction to basic training
on how to be a Mahout. Learn and practic basic commands in
Karen (Thai Hill Tribe) language to order or command the elephant.
Take a Ride on your elephant bare back like a mahout would
around the Chiangmai Elephant Camp area.

12.30 a.m. :

Have a great time having eating traditional
Lanna or Northern Thai food as a mahout would. This meal is
prepared by our mother Aumara Panyamoon. This maybe one of
the highlights of your trip!

13.30 p.m. :

Start to control the elephant and ride your
Asian Elephant on bare back to the river to bath your White
Elephant, every elephant loves to play in the water, so you
are sure to get wet.

15.30 p.m. :

Take a bamboo rafting trip down the Maewang
river for aprox. 40 minutes and enjoy the cool natural water
and jungle scenery. You will enjoy the cool water after your
day out in the Sun during your Elephant Mahout Traing Course.

THIS CAN BE SUBSTITUTED FOR MORE TIME WITH THE
ELEPHANTS, TRAINING, BATHING, RIDING AROUND THE ELEPHANT CAMP
PLEASE STATE WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO UPON CHECKOUT

16.00 p.m.:

Return to Chiangmai, Thailand safe and sound
after your experience with Chiang Mai Elephant Tours. We base
the time we take you back to Chiang Mai on when you are ready
up until 4:00 pm so if you want to go back to Chaing Mai early
that is up to you.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PRIVATE TOURS
- prices includes pick-up and drop off at your hotel or guest
house - See pricing on the above drop down button

GROUP TOURS OF 5+ PEOPLE ARE
NOT CONSIDERED PRIVATE AND RECIEVE A DISCOUNTED PRICE

Two Day Elephant Owner / Caregiver
Program
"Mahout Training Coarse"

Number of Persons in Tour

Elephant Owner or Elephant Care giver For 2
Days or "Mahout Training Coarse" Tour DAY 1

08.30 - 9:00 a.m. :

We will pick you up from your hotel or guest
house in town with our licensed English speaking tour guide.
The guide will give you a small English handbook that will
teach you about the elephants life style and what to
expect from the mahout lessons you will receive on this tour.
This hand book will be used for instruction until the end
of the tour.

09.20 a.m.:

Arrive at our elephant camp, change clothes,
meet our family and start the basic training course on how
to speak and command elephants. Learn and practice basic commands
in Karen (Hill Tribe) language. Ride the elephant(s) bare
back like a real mahout around our farm / elephant camp area.

12.30 p.m. :

Eat Lunch like a mahout - coooked by our "Mama"
Aumara Panyamoon, this authentic Northern Thaifood is great
and will most likely be a highlight of your trip.

13.30 p.m.:

Start to try and control the elephants. Ride
the elephant bare back to the river and give your elephant
a bath. Every elephant loves to play in the water, so you
will get wet for sure.

15.30 p.m.:

Finish the day with a relaxing Bamboo rafting
trip down the Maewang river for about 40 minutes.

16.30 p.m.:

Check in to Plern Home resort and check out
your hand crafted, yet air conditioned room which features
a private hot shower and American style toilet.

"Elephant Owner For a Day" Tour DAY
2

Around 08.00 a.m. or so :

Casually take your elephant for a morning bath
and prepare all the gear for your elephant(s) to be ready
to work. We know this is fairly early, but you probably will
get up early in our village as there are lots of Roosters!
Have breakfast at the resort. Review the elephant training
lessons and work with the elephants more like a professional
Mahout.

12.00 noon : Lunch

14.00 p.m.:

Take a trip to a local Karen Hill tribe village
that is predominately unchanged for a glimpse of the old lifestyle

Head back to our village and stop at a local
waterfall Nam Tok MaeWang where you can take pictures
and go for a swim

WE SPECIALIZE IN PRIVATE TOURS
- prices includes pick-up and drop off at your hotel or guest
house - See pricing on the above drop down button

GROUP TOURS OF 5+ PEOPLE ARE
NOT CONSIDERED PRIVATE AND RECIEVE A DISCOUNTED PRICE

Elephant
Jungle Trekking Tours (2 Person + Only)

Available Only In the Months
of June through February

Elephant Trekking Tour For 2 Days - Tour DAY
1:

08.30 - 9:00a.m. :

We will pick you up from your hotel or guest
house in Chiang Mai with our English speaking tour guide.
The guide will give you a small English handbook that will
teach you about the elephants life style and what to
expect from the mahout lessons you will receive on this tour.
This hand book will be used for instruction until the end
of the tour.

09.20 a.m.:

Arrive at our elephant camp, meet our family
/ guides and start the basic training course on how to speak
and command elephants. Learn and practice basic commands in
Karen (Hill Tribe) language. Check that we are packed for
the trip.

10.30 a.m. :

Head out. We will begin our trek by Elephant
into the jungle towards the Karen or Thai Hill Tribe Village
where we will be staying tonight.

13:00 a.m.:

Stop in the majestic Thai Jungle near a Karen
Hilltribe Rice Field or other scenic view for lunch.

16.30 p.m.:

We arive at our camp site in the raw jungle
where we will be staying for the night. We will provide a
Thai style sleeping mat or "Sala" and Thai Pillow
for you. This will include your authentic Northen Thai Food
style dinner.

This dinner will be one of the highlights of
your trip. You will have the option to cook with your mahouts
and guide, and learn traditional Northern Thai cooking. You
can even have the opportunity to hunt for your wild chicken.

Elephant Trekking Tour For 2 Days - Tour DAY
2:

Around 08.00 a.m. or so :

Wake up. We know this is fairly early, but you
probably will get up early are lots of sounds from wild life
here! Have breakfast.

9:00 a.m.:

Enjoy a casual and scenic trek back through
the jungle to Ban Mae Win by Elephant.

12.00 am:

Lunch in the Thai Jungle at a scenic view point
where we can take pictures, eat authentic Northern Thai food
and enjoy the great outdoors.

14.00 p.m.:

Reach Ban Mae Win and Chiang Mai Elephant camp.
Wash your elephant in the river where we can swim and play
with the elephant.

15.00 p.m. - 16.00pm:

Change into your clothes and head back to Chiang
Mai. The time you head back to Chiang Mai will be determined
by you. If you want to leave earlier just let us know, if
you want to stay a little longer that is ok too.

WE SPECIALIZE IN PRIVATE TOURS
- prices includes pick-up and drop off at your hotel or guest
house -

PLEASE EMAIL
US TO RESERVE at durangodillon@gmail.com This Trek is a special
offer and availability is limited. We only take one group
per two days.

Your clothes to change, towel, sport shoes,
sandals, socks, swimming suite, sun glasses, sun-block cream,
back pack, anti-insect spray, camera and personal medicine
(if any), a hat would be great as well, rain jacket or thin
water resistant jacket. OPTIONAL: your own pillow or sleeping
bag that will fit in your back pack, you do not need this
item as we will provide Thai style pillows and sleep mats
which are firm in nature.

We conduct our tours in the beautiful and
unspoiled wilderness of the "Doi Inthanon National Park".

The Doi Inthanon (Doi means mountain in Thai)
is Thailands highest mountain with a height of 2565 meters.
Because of the cool temperatures on the mountain throughout
the year, walking is not so demanding than in others areas
of Chiang Mai.